frantically. Was it possible he wanted the same thing she did? “What…what’s the real you?” she asked before she could stop herself.
A sardonic smile curved his mouth. His tempting, edible mouth that had given her such pleasure this morning. “Not sure you’d like the answer to that.”
Oh yes, she might. Gathering her courage, Tia sat up and placed her hand over his. Her pulse hammered in her ears. “Then show me.”
Alex stared into her bittersweet chocolate eyes for a breathless moment. Brave words, but she couldn’t know what she was asking for. What the dominant male inside him craved.
He mentally shook his head at himself. It had been a long time for her, and he would do this right. For their first time he could give her gentle and slow and sweet. Seduce her so thoroughly she’d melt into a puddle of bliss right here on the couch. It wouldn’t satisfy him completely, but it would definitely take the edge off this aching need eating at him. And it would prove to her just how beautiful and sexy he found her. He hated that she couldn’t see how innately sensual she was.
Keeping his hand where it was, he shifted and came up on one knee. She watched him silently, the pulse in her neck throbbing while he undid the row of buttons on her shirt. Encased in pale blue lace, her full breasts rose and fell with each uneven breath she took. He’d been stealing guilty peeks at her tits for a long time, and now only a thin barrier of lace stood in the way of his eyes, his hands. His mouth.
Tia didn’t move, but her hands curled into the blanket beneath her as he undid the front clasp of her bra and exposed her naked flesh to his rapt gaze.
Swallowing a groan, he stared at the beautiful perfection of her breasts. Round and creamy, the nipples hard and flushed a deep rose pink. As though begging for his touch. She hitched in a quick breath when he cupped the soft mounds, cradling them in his palms. Her eyes partially closed as he stroked them and gently squeezed the sensitive tips. A quiver ran through her when he rolled the taut points between his fingers. He loved how open she was, how freely she let him see her pleasure. But there was something in her eyes he couldn’t figure out. Shadows. Secrets.
He’d meant it when he said he wanted to know what made her hot. She was so polite and ladylike on the outside, yet he sensed there was much more beneath all that. He was dying to find out what it was. The yearning in her eyes made him ache, made him want to pin her and take her to the edge of release, again and again, until she finally let him see everything she kept locked away inside.
“Like that?” he asked in a low voice as he teased her nipples.
Tia licked her lips and nodded. His eyes tracked the movement of her tongue, his cock swollen and tight at the thought of sliding into her mouth. On a groan, he leaned down to kiss her. Tia reached for him, hands splaying low on his back, away from his stitches. Her lips trembled slightly before parting, her tongue meeting his stroke for stroke. She tasted sweet from the wine, and he couldn’t get enough. The pressure of her fingers in his back drove the lust higher until it was all he could do not to pin her flat and take her right there on the couch. Pound into her until she moaned his name and clenched around him as she came.
Back off.
Fighting with himself, he pulled back to give her air. She made a sound of protest and clutched at him, and he smiled in reaction. He wanted her hungry, past all hesitation or inhibition. But he had to go slowly, not frighten her. Tia meant more to him than any other woman he’d been with. She deserved his tenderness, all the pleasure he could give her, no matter how hard his dick was or how much he needed to fuck her.
Her pink nipples beckoned to him, and he couldn’t stop himself from tasting her. He leaned in to circle one delicately with his tongue. Tia curled her spine and threaded her hands into his hair, gasping